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Those fatal business mistakes

It's often said that the best entrepreneurs are those who throw caution to the wind to ensure their ideas and dreams become a reality. I disagree with this point of view as innovative flair and business acumen do not always go hand-in-hand. If they did, the 5,400 UK businesses going bust every year would be dramatically reduced.

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Interview with Streetcar co-founder Andrew Valentine

Operating in London, Brighton and Southampton, car share company Streetcar has 10,000 members. It will soon expand its geographical coverage and anticipates membership to rise to 150,000 by 2012. We catch up with co-founder Andrew Valentine.

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The egg & muffin toaster

Breakfast sets you up for the day. However, when you’re running a business, you may struggle to find time for such a luxury.

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Eye tracking… the next big thing?

Gauging the effectiveness of an advertising campaign is a serious business. What seemed like a neat device for science fiction films a few years ago is becoming a reality through eye tracking.

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Dave Brooks: What I wish I’d known

Dave Brooks is CEO of cakemaker Finsbury Foods. Since taking control in 2002, he has seen profits rise as a result of his hands-on approach to management and business.

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Simon Daniel: Charged with success

Simon Daniel is a little bit strange. He says things like: 'Fifteen billion batteries a year are made and thrown away. I worked that out the other day to be the equivalent to a column of batteries going to the moon and back.'

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Arron Banks and John Gannon talk about serial deal making

For some entrepreneurs, buying a business is not only a full-time occupation, it's a pastime as well. Bristol-based entrepreneurs Arron Banks and John Gannon talk about serial deal making.

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The last laugh: Deirdre Bounds

'Shall we talk in the igloo?’ says Deirdre Bounds, teetotal ex-comedienne on the Northern nightclub circuit and founder of Horsforth-based travel business i-to-i.

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Arron Banks and John Gannon talk about serial deal making

For some entrepreneurs, buying a business is not only a full-time occupation, it's a pastime as well. Bristol-based entrepreneurs Arron Banks and John Gannon talk about serial deal making.

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The last laugh: Deirdre Bounds

'Shall we talk in the igloo?’ says Deirdre Bounds, teetotal ex-comedienne on the Northern nightclub circuit and founder of Horsforth-based travel business i-to-i.

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Mark Smith: Focus on your own strengths

Chief executive Mark Smith joined email marketing specialist TMN Media in 2003, initiating a fierce acquisition strategy that culminated in the addition of online advertising agency EDR and market research company The iD Factor.

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Offsetting carbon emissions works for Commercial Group

Cheltenham-based office services outfit Commercial Group (Commercial) is reaping the rewards after embarking on a programme to offset its carbon emissions. The company spent around £120,000 in trying to achieve a carbon neutral status.

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Lager than life: Karan Bilimoria

From meagre and untimely beginnings in recession-hit 1990, Karan Bilimoria tells GrowthBusiness how he has turned Cobra beer into a brand that is now sold in more than 45 countries.

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Wayne Hemingway: What I wish I’d known

Wayne Hemingway and his wife Gerardine founded fashion label Red or Dead in 1982 and won the British Fashion Council’s Street Style Designer of the Year award three times in a row. After selling the company in 1999 they set up Hemingway Design, which focuses on affordable and social design.

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